Mark Mellon
Assistant Professor
Mark Mellon is an assistant professor in the School of Accountancy. He teaches a course in cost accounting and control.
Mellon’s research focuses on using an experimental economics methodology to analyze audit pricing and audit quality issues. His most recent publication, “Determinants of Moral Judgments Regarding Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Pay Scheme and Personality Effects,” published in Behavioral Research in Accounting, found that financial incentives play a role in determining the moral frame of budgeting setting and that personal values play a role in determining how individuals respond to that moral frame.
A certified public accountant, Mellon earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Saint Francis Xavier University and an MBA from Saint Mary’s University. He received his PhD in accounting from Florida State University. In 2008, he received the Doctoral Excellence Award from the Bond Foundation.
- Vita (pdf)
room: BSN 3508 | phone: 813.974.xxxx | fax: 813.974.6528 | mellon@usf.edu
Teaching
- ACG 3341 Cost Accounting and Control I
Current Research
- “Auction Theory and the Market for Audit Services: Evidence that the Winner’s Curse may contribute to Low Balling Behavior” with Jessen L. Hobson and Douglas E. Stevens
- “Does the Wealth Effect Exist in a Common Value Procurement Auction Setting? An Experimental Examination” with Jessen L. Hobson, Douglas E. Stevens, and Tim C. Salmon
- “Can the Determination of the Client’s Social Value Orientation assist Auditors with Client Acceptance and Retention Decisions?” with Douglas E. Stevens
